A payment for people between 22 and 66 years old who are looking for work, or who can’t work or study for a short time.
This is a Services Australia payment.You also need to be either:
Find out more about who can get it and how much you can get on the Services Australia website.
Depending on your circumstances, you may have to wait before you receive your first payment.
You'll need to link Centrelink to your myGov account, if you haven’t already.
Follow the steps to create a myGov account. After you’ve created one, you can link services to your account.
Call the employment services line on the Services Australia website.
Call the Centrelink multilingual phone service on 131 202 to speak with someone in your language.